Car Setup Sheet
Know exactly what the car went out on, so a faster or slower session can be traced to a change rather than a feeling.
MT-01 1 page
Motorsport and track days · MT-06
Driver Feedback and Debrief Sheet
A free printable driver debrief sheet — car balance by corner phase and speed, brakes, steering, tyres and driver notes, and the changes agreed for next time.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Capture what the driver felt while it is still fresh, in words the engineer can act on, and tie each setup change to the feedback that caused it.
Who it is for
Driver-and-mechanic pairs, small club teams and track-day coaches who debrief after every session.
How to use it
- Fill in the header before the driver gets out of the car, so the debrief starts at once.
- Work through the balance grid: braking, entry, mid-corner and exit, for slow, medium and fast corners.
- Describe what the car did and where, rather than what you think the fix is.
- Rate each item on your own team's scale, and use the same scale every session.
- Agree the changes for the next run and tick them once they are done.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: What the driver felt, corner by corner and phase by phase, written down while it is fresh — and the change the team agreed to make because of it.
Describe what the car did. Describe, do not diagnose. 'Rear steps out on throttle at the hairpin exit' is useful; 'needs more rear grip' is a conclusion. Rate on whatever scale your team uses, and use the same one every session so the numbers compare.
Write-on lines: Driver · Car / number · Circuit · Session · Date · Conditions · Tyres / age · Best lap · Consistency
Balance by phase — rate on your team's scale, then describe
Table, 5 rows: Phase · Slow corners · Medium corners · Fast corners · Rating
Write-on lines: Brakes — pedal, fade, bias · Steering — weight, feel · Engine / gearing · Tyres — warm-up, drop-off · Aero / straights · Driver — fitness, position, visibility
Ruled lines: Agreed changes for next session — the change, the reason, ticked when done
Questions
Why is there no rating scale printed?
Because teams use different ones and what matters is consistency, not the numbers themselves. Pick a scale, write it on the first sheet of the weekend and keep to it.
Where do the setup changes themselves get recorded?
On the Car Setup Sheet or the Kart Setup and Session Sheet. This sheet is the reason for the change; those are the record of the settings.
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